Cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS patients: An emerging opportunistic infection in Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 368-

  Hovette, P ^a,c   Soko, T O ^a   Raphenon, G ^b   Camara, P ^a   Burgel, P R ^a   Garraud, O ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^c SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clinical aspects; Cryptococcus neoformans; Epidemiology; Meningitis; Senegal

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; INDIAN INK;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SENEGAL; SEROTYPING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032817109     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90119-0     Document Type: Article

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